Phillip Blumburtt

Phillip James Blumburtt (1875-1954) was the captain of the 11th Poona Rifles under the United Kingdom during the waning years of British India.

Biography
Phillip James Blumburtt joined the British Army while in British India and was made a captain of the 11th Poona Rifles, an Indian regiment of British troops. He was stationed in Allahabad, but in 1935 he was dispatched to the city of Pankot after rumors arose that there was a revival of the Thuggee movement. His riflemen gunned down Thuggee archers who were attacking them along a river in Pankot Province that year, rescuing the city.